RELEASE DATE: 4/16/04

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: TAGLIAFERRI THROWS NO-HITTER IN 1-0 WIN – MARTINO SETS SCHOOL RECORD WITH 18 STRIKEOUTS IN 3-0 WIN IN 11 INNINGS IN NIGHTCAP

KUTZTOWN – Alison Tagliaferri (Linden/Jersey Shore) threw her first collegiate no-hitter in the nightcap and Amy Martino (Binghamton/Chenango Valley) struck out a school record 18 batters in 11 innings in the opener as Mansfield University swept Kutztown 3-0, 1-0 in a PSAC East doubleheader at North Campus Field Friday afternoon.

In the opener, Martino was razor sharp scattering four hits over the 11 innings and walking two on top of her 18 strikeouts. She did not allow a Kutztown runner beyond second until the tie-breaker came into effect in the tenth inning.

Few thought the game would be scoreless for 10 innings when the Mountaineers loaded the bases with one out in the top of the first. But that would be the Mountaineers biggest scoring threat until the 11^th inning when Kris Kelly started off on second and moved to third when Nancy Quinn reached on a fielder’s choice. Tagliaferri then tripled to drive in two runs and scored herself on an error.

Kutztown had runners on first and third in the bottom of the inning with one out, but Martino struck out the final two batters to pick up her fourth win of the season.

In the nightcap, Tagliaferri continued her heroics on the day with her no-hitter – the first in school history against a PSAC East opponent. Tagliaferri had a perfect game for 4 1/3 innings before walking a batter. The only other hitter to reach base came on a walk to lead off the bottom of the ninth inning. No runner reached second as Tagliaferri struck out four with 10 groundouts and 7 fly outs over the seven innings.

Tagliaferri also scored the winning run in the game when she led off the seventh inning with a double and scored on a single by Kris Kelly.

Mansfield allowed gave up no extra base hits in the 18 innings and committed no errors while holding Kutztown scoreless.

The Mountaineers improve to 20-12 overall and 7-9 in the PSAC East and will travel to Millersville on Saturday.

GAME ONE

Mansfield       000     000     000     03        3-7-0

Kutztown         000     000     000     00        0-4-2

Mansfield (19-13, 6-9): Amy Martino (W, 4-2) and Sytiva Seitz

2b – Seitz, Jackie Laskowski                      3b – Alison Tagliaferri

RBI – Tagliaferri 2

Kutztown (21-12, 11-6): Denlinger, Buch (1), Griffith (9) (L, 8-3) and Spalik

GAME TWO

Mansfield       000     000     1          1-5-0

Kutztown         000     000     0          0-0-0

Mansfield (20-12, 7-9): Alison Tagliaferri (W, 5-3) and Nancy Quinn

2b – Tricia Bailey, Tagliaferri

RBI – Kris Kelly

Kutztown (21-11, 11-7): Griffith (L, 8-4) and Cook